Review: Mei Yen, Taman Paramount PJ

39, Jln 20/7, 

Tmn Paramount, 

Petaling Jaya 

 This dish is called  yut kong hor or literally translated from Cantonese as moon river noodle due to the raw egg's resemblance of a moon (yolk) surrounded by cloud (egg white). Of course, fresh eggs should be used to avoid the risk of salmonella poisoning. If you have been unfortunate enough to be the victim of one, please leave a comment so that I'd known to avoid that place like a plague.

A former colleague used to order this dish often enough that it became his default order regardless of where we head out to for lunch. He got the memo when we started to order that for him or asked if he wanted to do a takeaway when he didn't join us for lunch. Turned out that the bloke didn't obsess over this: merely he didn't want to think about what to eat on top of every other decision he makes throughout the day.

Men. Such simpletons. I'd die if I eat the same damn thing every other day.

Occasionally, I do get a hankering for this. The key to a delicious version is for the noodles to be freshly cooked before the egg is cracked in the middle so that the heat will slowly warm it up. Then, cover the egg up with the noodle in order for the heat to cook it. Give them all a good toss before consuming unless if you want that smooth texture of the egg over the noodles. Depending on how squeamish you are, a good few minutes is enough for the egg to warm up. Not that it'll turn into scrambled or omelet, just less raw.

This place does serve one of the best renditions of it. Perhaps it's the magic of lard.

Loh mee was just passable. Still prefer the Ulu Yam version.

Spicy sweet stir fried lala. These had a rather strong hint of garlic and it was slightly confusing to my taste bud. Their soup version is definitely better.